Support for glass capsules containing pharmaceutical products



July 16, 1935. NUY-rs 2,008,335

SUPPORT FOR GLASS CAPSULES CONTAINING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS Filed May2, 1933 Patented July 16, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SUPPORT FORGLASS CAPSULES CONTAIN- ING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS Application May 2,1933, Serial No. 669,058 In France March 20, 1933 2 Claims.

Glass capsules containing pharmaceutical products are, as is well known,packed in boxes within which they are supported by fitting into housingsout out in cardboard.

In some known supports, the glass capsules are loose and are notcorrectly held in position; in other supports, these capsules areforcibly inserted in their housings and they run the risk of beingbroken when they are placed in position.

The present invention has for its object a support for double-pointed orbottle-shaped glass capsules, this support being constructed so as toremedy the inconveniences above mentioned and being characterized by thefact that it is provided with circular perforations at the periphery ofwhich radially extending notches are cut out; these notches constitutesmall tongues resiliently embracing the neck portion of the capsulesinserted endwise in the circular perforations, these tongues at the sametime pushing back the said capsules so as to hold them, by their otherend, in other housings cut out in the support exactly opposite theperforations provided with radially extending notches.

The housings adapted to support the capsules on the side opposite to thepoint inserted in the above perforations are retained between theresilient tongues surrounding the said perforations, are constituted, inthe case of double-pointed capsules, by vertical slits guiding thesecond point of the said capsules and opening at their base in acircular opening, against the edge of which bears each capsule pushedback by the resilient tongues.

By this special arrangement of the support according to the invention,the capsules are held against any displacement and do not run the riskof striking against each other and of being broken during transport.

In a preferred form of construction of this support, the operations forfolding and glueing the cardboard are eliminated.

This support thus constitutes a removable structure allowing to insertthe glass capsules in their housings before placing the support in itsbox, and to remove themall together from the same, with the support, ifnecessary.

The said support is constituted by two cardboard strips, in one of whichare provided the perforations having radially extending tongues, and inthe other, openings against the edges of which the capsules bear, theseperforated strips being braced and assembled by transverse partitionsseparating the capsules.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood, this form ofconstruction, adapted to be used for double-pointed glass capsules, willbe described hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawing, inwhich: boFig. 1 is a plan view of the support placed in its 5 Fig. 2 isa perspective view of a portion of the two perforated strips assembledby means of a bracing partition.

As illustrated in the drawing, the strip I is 10 provided with circularperforations 2, of smaller diameter than that of the neck portions ofthe capsules, and each having, at their periphery, a number of radiallyextending notches 3 constituting convergent tongues 4. In this strip 1are 5 also cut out lower slits 5.

The strip 6 is provided with openings 1 termi nated by a circular bottom8, and lower slits 9, respectively located opposite the perforations 2and lower slits 5 of the other strip.

Each of the bracing partitions l0, separating the capsules, is providedwith two slits l I.

The assemblage is eifected by causing the slits 5 and 9 to straddle theslits l I, in such a manner that their bottoms should be in contact.

For placing the capsules in position on their support, one of theirpoints is inserted in the perforations 2 until the shoulder of the "saidcapsules bears against the convergent tongues 4 surrounding theseperforations and pushes them 30 back.

The free end of the capsules is then lowered so as to insert theirsecond point in slits constituted by the openings 1, and to bring theirsecond shoulder in engagement with the circular 35 bottom 8 of eachopening.

The yielding of the tongues 4 allows to easily place the capsules inposition, and as these tongues 4 have a. certain resiliency, they exerta thrust on the neck portion of the said cap- 40 sules, this thrustbeing adapted to perfectly maintain them against the openings 1 and tohold them stationary whatever may be the position given to the box l2.

Moreover, the mode of assemblage and the 45 edgewise arrangement of thestrips I and 6 and of the partitions l0 render the structure highlyundistortable and ensures very reduced cumbersomeness of the same. A boxprovided with this removable support, holding the capsules, is there- 50fore of great effective capacity.

It is to be understood that the present invention also relates tosupports for bottle-shaped capsules or other articles, and the forms,materials and dimensions of the support can be va- 55 ried withoutdeparting thereby from the scope of the invention.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. Support for pharmaceutical capsules comprising a first element,circular perforations regslits opening into the said housings and meansfor keeping constant the spacing of the two elements.

2. Support for pharmaceutical capsules comprising a first strip,circular perforations regularly spaced in this first strip and on theperiphery oi which radially extending notches are cut out, the saidnotches constituting small tongues adapted to resiliently' embrace oneend of the capsules and to push them back in the direction of theirlength, a second strip spaced from the first l0 one to a length which isnot less than that of the body of the capsule, housings opposite thesaid perforations and cut out in this strip for receiving the other endor the capsule and adapted to constitute abutments, slits opening intothe 15 said housings, and transverse partitions bracing and assemblingboth strips.

GEORGES NUYTS.

